fibber
Teller of tales
A fibber is someone who tells fibs—small, relatively harmless lies.
The word carries a playful or mild tone, often used with children or in lighthearted contexts: You little fibber, you said you'd already brushed your teeth.
It suggests dishonesty without serious moral weight.
One who speaks falsely
- prevaricatorOne who deceives verbally
- falsifierOne who distorts truth
- deceiverOne who tricks others
- dissemblerOne who hides beliefs
exaggerator · bluffer · storyteller · yarn-spinner · embellisher · equivocator · fabulist · mythmaker
One feigning another's identity
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- cheatAct dishonestly to win
swindler · con-artist · trickster · mountebank · quack · sham · fake · humbug
Spoken or written narrative
- storyAccount of events
- untruthA false statement
- whopperOutsized thing or untruth
- tall-taleOutlandish fictional narrative
porky · taradiddle · cock-and-bull · stretcher · fairy-tale · make-believe · fantasy · invention
liar
One who speaks falsely
- prevaricatorOne who deceives verbally
- falsifierOne who distorts truth
- deceiverOne who tricks others
dissembler · exaggerator · bluffer · storyteller · yarn-spinner · embellisher · equivocator · fabulist · mythmaker · hoaxer
impostor
One feigning another's identity
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
cheat · swindler · con-artist · trickster · mountebank · quack · sham · fake · humbug · flimflammer
tale
Spoken or written narrative
tall-tale · porky · taradiddle · cock-and-bull · stretcher · fairy-tale · make-believe · fantasy · invention · nonsense
- deceiversliar, liars, deceiver, fraud, fake
- storytellersstorytellers, narrator, narrators, tale-teller, tale spinner
fibbertruth-teller
One who speaks accurately
truthteller · straight shooter · straight talker · square shooter · honest broker